We are seeking submission for a workshop on Asian American literature to be==20held during the next EAAS Conference (European Association for American=20Studies), 7-10 April 2006, Nicosia, Cyprus.Please, send a 150-200 abstract by August 31st to emarino_at_hurricane.it and==20patrycja.renard_at_wanadoo.fr

What follows is the abstract of the workshop

The Problem of Double Allegiance in the Literary Production of Asian=20Americans (1985 =96 2005)

The literary production of Asian Americans has often been centered on the=20issue of =93double allegiance=94, on the complex relationship of the writers==20with their new country of settlement (the USA) and with their culture of=20origin, thus generating in them either a =93conformist=94 or a =93non= conformist=94=20or even an =93anti conformist=94 attitude.This workshop sets out to explore how the issue of =93double allegiance=94= has=20been further problematized in several writings published in the last twenty==20years, due to the development of a transnational trend in migratory fluxes.==20Papers focusing on novels, poetry and visual arts are encouraged.